Reduced contact: A HIDA scan uses technetium-99 which has a half life of 6 hours. There are a few precautions that you should take if you are breast feeding your 3 month-old. Since you will want to pump and dump your breast milk for 24 hours after, you will want to store a days supply of milk ahead of time. You will also need to reduce your contact with both kids for 1 day, so no co-sleeping us using a sling.
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